Colonizing the world in spite of reduced MHC variation

Prevalence of Neutralizing Antibodies to West Nile Virus in Eleonora's Falcons in the Canary Islands

(2013) Laura Gangoso et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Characterization of MHC class I and II genes in a subantarctic seabird, the blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea (Procellariiformes)

(2011) Maria Strandh et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Characterisation of class II B MHC genes from a ratite bird, the little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii)

(2011) Hilary C. Miller et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Lack of genetic polymorphism among peregrine falcons Falco peregrinus of Fiji

(2011) Sandra L. Talbot et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complex diversity in recently founded bird populations

(2011) LEWIS G. SPURGIN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Disentangling the roles of natural selection and genetic drift in shaping variation at MHC immunity genes

(2011) JOLENE T. SUTTON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system

(2011) Bastiaan Star et al.   NATURE

The Shaping of Modern Human Immune Systems by Multiregional Admixture with Archaic Humans

(2011) L. Abi-Rached et al.   SCIENCE

Gene duplication and fragmentation in the zebra finch major histocompatibility complex

(2010) Christopher N Balakrishnan et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Adaptive Divergence of Ancient Gene Duplicates in the Avian MHC Class II  

(2010) R. Burri et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Cheetah Paradigm Revisited: MHC Diversity in the World's Largest Free-Ranging Population

(2010) Aines Castro-Prieto et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Retracted:MHC diversity and differential exposure to pathogens in kestrels (Aves:Falconidae)

(2010) MIGUEL ALCAIDE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

(2010) L. G. Spurgin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Does reduced MHC diversity decrease viability of vertebrate populations?

(2009) Jacek Radwan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

MHC diversity in bottlenecked populations: a simulation model

(2009) Maciej Jan Ejsmond et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Disentangling the role of MHC-dependent ‘good genes' and ‘compatible genes' in mate-choice decisions of three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus under semi-natural conditions

(2009) T. L. Lenz et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Long-term survival of a urodele amphibian despite depleted major histocompatibility complex variation

(2009) W. BABIK et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

MHC class I genes of birds of prey: isolation, polymorphism and diversifying selection

(2008) Miguel Alcaide et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Support for the minimal essential MHC hypothesis: a parrot with a single, highly polymorphic MHC class II B gene

(2008) Colin R. Hughes et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Isolation and characterization of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II B genes in the Barn owl (Aves: Tyto alba)

(2008) Reto Burri et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Single locus typing of MHC class I and class II B loci in a population of red jungle fowl

(2008) K. Worley et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Extensive polymorphism and geographical variation at a positively selected MHC class II B gene of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)

(2008) MIGUEL ALCAIDE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Sustaining genetic variation in a small population: evidence from the Mauritius kestrel

(2003) Richard A. Nichols et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY